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The Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009

S.I. 2009/1894 · Made 15 July 2009

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Legal Services Commission, England And Wales

Made 15th July 2009

Laid before Parliament 16th July 2009

Coming into force 6th August 2009

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 10 and 26 of the Access to Justice Act 1999f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 22. Section 26 defines “regulations” as regulations made by the Lord Chancellor. The reference to the Lord Chancellor was changed to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs by S.I. 2003/1887 and changed back to the Lord Chancellor by S.I. 2005/3429.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000
  3. 3Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000
  4. 4Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 6 August 2009.

2Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

The Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000f1 are amended as follows.

3Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 4(2), after “client is” insert “properly”.

4Amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000

In regulation 15(1A)(b), for “is no longer directly or indirectly in receipt of a benefit” substitute “is not, or is no longer, properly in receipt, directly or indirectly, of a benefit”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Bach

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

15th July 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000, which govern the financial aspects of the provision of services funded by the Legal Services Commission in civil and family matters. A person who receives specified benefits is entitled to funded services. The Regulations make it clear that in assessing whether such a person is, or is any longer, financially eligible for particular services, the Legal Services Commission must be satisfied that the person is not only in receipt of the benefits but also entitled to them.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on businesses, charities or the voluntary sector is foreseen.